Parenting with Presence Quotes

“The trick isn’t making unpleasant experiences go away; it is making peace with them.”
― Susan Stiffelman , Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids

“True happiness is quiet and deep. It is a state we settle into that infuses the moments of our life — ordinary and extraordinary alike — with deep joy.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids

“One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is allowing yourself to move through life without taking other people’s behaviour personally.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids

“As frustrating as it is when our child doesn’t match up to who we would like him to be, we don’t lose our cool because he is annoying or uncooperative. We lose it because we think he shouldn’t be annoying or uncooperative.”
― Susan Stiffelman, Parenting with Presence: Practices for Raising Conscious, Confident, Caring Kids